Last updated: April 29, 2014

Welcome to DPCDSB's Science Wiki!

This wiki was set up to encourage the sharing of ideas, best practices, activities, lesson plans, etc.
Use the course links on the left panel (navigation bar) to navigate, edit, and post.

Learning in all our science courses are based on the following goals:

Updates & General Interest Items:

Had email query about Periodic table from @ChemistryWorld article- so here are both together http://t.co/h3AV4Ps4iX pic.twitter.com/8DVlyQZbDe
— Jamie Gallagher (@JamieBGall) August 2, 2013

Science + Fashion =

Spanish designer invented clothes-spray, which after application to body can be removed, washed & worn again: pic.twitter.com/UlYuecycOD
— Just so you Know (@Know) May 28, 2013

SCIENCE FIX: Videos of Science Demos on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/user/sciencefix
"My name is Darren Fix, and I made ScienceFix.com to share my favorite demos that I do in my middle school science classes."

Free Stuff for Science Teachers
http://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/freestuff

If you never failed, you never lived - great motivational movie for students & teachers: youtu.be/RmTxr7OsPj0

An AWESOME video highlighting a 21st century learning environment at a school in Dundas Ontario
http://heidisiwak.blogspot.com/2011/12/technology-in-our-classroom.html

Building Your Own Textbook

Awesome ideas on how to do this using free open-source digital resources:
www.edutopia.org/blog/building-your-own-textbook-audrey-watters

Ten Steps to Better Student Engagement

Project-learning teaching strategies can also improve your everyday classroom experience.

http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-teaching-strategies

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The world's first magnetic soap <a href="http://t.co/bXrJO7gD" title="http://bit.ly/wZil5X">bit.ly/wZil5X</a></p>— ChemistryWorld (@ChemistryWorld) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChemistryWorld/status/162558558523764738" data-datetime="2012-01-26T15:32:35+00:00">January 26, 2012</a></blockquote>
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